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Control M\/serverApplication · Bmc

CVE-2025-48709

HIGH · 7.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-08-07
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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80/100
Remediation priority · High
Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
BMC Control-M/Server 9.0.21.300 displays cleartext database credentials in process lists and logs. An authenticated attacker with shell access could observe these credentials and use them to log in to the database server. For example, when Control-M/Server on Windows has a database connection on, it runs 'DBUStatus.exe' frequently, which then calls 'dbu_connection_details.vbs' with the username, password, database hostname, and port written in cleartext, which can be seen in event and process logs in two separate locations. Fixed in PACTV.9.0.21.307.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · high confidence

BMC Control-M/Server 9.0.21.300 passes database credentials as cleartext command-line arguments when calling DBUStatus.exe and dbu_connection_details.vbs, exposing username, password, hostname, and port in process listings and Windows event logs. An authenticated attacker with shell access can recover these credentials from two separate log locations.

MitigationApply patch PACTV.9.0.21.307 to remediate. Until patched, limit shell access and monitor log integrity for credential exposure.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Control M\/serverApplication
Affected:= 9.0.21.300

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Confirm BMC Control-M/Server version
    Check the installed version of BMC Control-M/Server in the system registry at HKLM\SOFTWARE\BMC Software\Control-M\Server or by running 'ctmversion' from the Control-M command line
    Affected if version equals 9.0.21.300 exactly
  2. Search Windows event logs for exposed DBUStatus.exe credentials
    Open Windows Event Viewer and search Security/Application logs for events containing 'DBUStatus.exe' and look for command-line arguments that include database usernames and passwords in plain text
    Affected if event log entries show DBUStatus.exe with embedded credentials in the command line
  3. Search Windows event logs for exposed dbu_connection_details.vbs credentials
    Open Windows Event Viewer and search Security/Application logs for events containing 'dbu_connection_details.vbs' and examine the command arguments for cleartext database credentials
    Affected if event log entries show dbu_connection_details.vbs with embedded credentials in the command line
  4. Review process command lines for credential exposure
    Use 'wmic process get commandline' or PowerShell 'Get-Process | Select-Object -ExpandProperty CommandLine' to capture historical or current process command lines, focusing on DBUStatus.exe and dbu_connection_details.vbs processes
    Affected if process command lines visible in process listings contain database usernames and passwords in plain text

A system is affected if it runs BMC Control-M/Server version 9.0.21.300 AND evidence exists of DBUStatus.exe or dbu_connection_details.vbs having been executed with credentials visible in process listings or Windows event logs.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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dbcve · scoped
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Apply patch PACTV.9.0.21.307 to remediate. Until patched, limit shell access and monitor log integrity for credential exposure.

Recommended fix High confidence

Control-M/Server version 9.0.21.307 (PACTV.9.0.21.307)

  1. Identify all Control-M/Server installations running version 9.0.21.300
  2. Schedule a maintenance window for the upgrade
  3. Backup current Control-M/Server configuration and database
  4. Download BMC Control-M/Server version 9.0.21.307 (PACTV.9.0.21.307) from BMC's official support portal
  5. Stop all Control-M/Server services before upgrading
  6. Install the updated version 9.0.21.307 on all affected servers
  7. Verify the installation completed successfully
  8. Start Control-M/Server services and confirm normal operation

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

Fix this in Control M\/server Scoped from the published advisory
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